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The Consequences of Modernity

In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post-modern world. Rather the distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing period of the twentieth century express the emergence of a period of 'high modernity,' in which prior trends are radicalised rather than undermined. A post-modern social universe may eventually come into being, but this as yet lies 'on the other side' of the forms of social and cultural organizatio

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  • "Consequences of modernity"
  • "Consequences of modernity"@it
  • "Modernidad, contingencia y riesgo"

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  • "In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post-modern world. Rather the distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing period of the twentieth century express the emergence of a period of 'high modernity,' in which prior trends are radicalised rather than undermined. A post-modern social universe may eventually come into being, but this as yet lies 'on the other side' of the forms of social and cultural organizatio"@en
  • "In this major theoretical statement, the author offers a new and provocative interpretation of the institutional transformations associated with modernity. We do not as yet, he argues, live in a post-modern world. Rather the distinctive characteristics of our major social institutions in the closing period of the twentieth century express the emergence of a period of 'high modernity, ' in which prior trends are radicalised rather than undermined. A post-modern social universe may eventually come into being, but this as yet lies 'on the other side' of the forms of social and cultural organization which currently dominate world history. In developing an account of the nature of modernity, Giddens concentrates upon analyzing the intersections between trust and risk, and security and danger, in the modern world. Both the trust mechanisms associated with modernity and the distinctive 'risk profile' it produces, he argues, are distinctively different from those characteristic of pre-modern social orders. This book build upon the author's previous theoretical writings, and will be of fundamental interest to anyone concerned with Gidden's overall project. However, the work covers issues which the author has not previously analyzed and extends the scope of his work into areas of pressing practical concern. This book will be essential reading for second year undergraduates and above in sociology, politics, philosophy, and cultural studies."

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  • "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Pojednání"
  • "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Essays"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Eseje"

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  • "The Consequences of Modernity"
  • "The Consequences of Modernity"@en
  • "Konsequenzen der moderne"
  • "Konsekwencje nowoczesności"@pl
  • "As Consequências da modernidade"@pt
  • "Las consecuencias perversas de la modernidad : modernidad, contingencia y riesgo"@es
  • "Las consecuencias perversas de la modernidad : modernidad, contingencia y riesgo"
  • "Consequences of modernity"@da
  • "Las consecuencias perversas de la modernidad modernidad, contingencia y riesgo"
  • "Důsledky modernity"
  • "Las consecuencias percersas de la modernidad"
  • "Les Conséquences de la modernité"
  • "As conseqüências da modernidade"
  • "Konsequenzen der Moderne"
  • "As consequências da modernidade"@pt
  • "Le conseguenze della modernità : fiducia e rischio, sicurezza e pericolo"@it
  • "Le conseguenze della modernità : fiducia e rischio, sicurezza e pericolo"
  • "Consequencias de la modernidad"
  • "Modernliğin sonuçları"@tr
  • "Modernliğin sonuçları"
  • "Consecuencias de la modernidad"
  • "Consecuencias de la modernidad"@es
  • "Oi synepeies tēs neoterikotētas"
  • "Modernitetens konsekvenser"
  • "Modernitetens konsekvenser"@da
  • "Modernitetens följder"@sv
  • "Modernitetens följder"
  • "Les conséquences de la modernité"
  • "The consequences of modernity"@en
  • "The consequences of modernity"
  • "Las consecuencias perversas de la modernidad"@es
  • "Las Consecuencias perversas de la modernidad : modernidad, contingencia y riesgo"
  • "The Consequences of modernity"
  • "Le Conseguenze della modernità : fiducia e rischio, sicurezza e pericolo"

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